Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CUD'BEAR
CUD'BEAR, n. [A corruption of Cuthbert, with a French pronunciation, so called after a man of this name, who first brought it into notice.]
A plant, the Lecanora Tatarea, of the order of Lichens, much employed in dyeing. It gives a purple color.
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